International Copyright: Principles, Law, and Practice

A13. INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF
PERFORMERS, PRODUCERS OF PHONOGRAMS AND
BROADCASTING ORGANISATIONS [ROME CONVENTION]

[Done at Rome on October 26, 1961]The Contracting States, moved by the desire to protect the rights of performers, producers
of phonograms, and broadcasting organisations,Have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE 1

Protection granted under this Convention shall leave intact and shall in no way
affect the protection of copyright in literary and artistic works. Consequently, no
provision of this Convention may be interpreted as prejudicing such protection.

ARTICLE 2

1.

For the purposes of this Convention, national treatment shall mean the treatment accorded by the domestic law of the Contracting State in which protection
is claimed:

a.

to performers who are its nationals, as regards performances taking place,
broadcast, or first fixed, on its territory;

b.

to producers of phonograms who are its nationals, as regards phonograms
first fixed or first published on its territory;

c.

to broadcasting organisations which have their headquarters on its territory,
as regards broadcasts transmitted from transmitters situated on its territory.

2.

National treatment shall be subject to the protection specifically guaranteed, and
the limitations specifically provided for, in this Convention.

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